Weekender Quiz: Friday February 2 2018

Parliament swung back into action this week. Have you been keeping up? From gender neutralising the anthem, to shaking up the NDP, prime ministerial wacky tobacky and the State of the Union — test your knowledge of the week’s top headlines.
These questions will test your knowledge and your endurance so have at it.

1. Kent Hehr resigned from cabinet last week amidst allegations of sexual harassment. Which cabinet minister has taken on the portfolio of Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities in the meantime?

a. Minister of Canadian Heritage Mélanie Joly

b. Minister of Status of Women Maryam Monsef

c. Minister of Health Ginette Petitpas Taylor

d. Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan

2. The House of Commons returned from the winter break on Monday. MP's immediately began debating what timely topic?

a. Donald Trump and the Special Counsel Robert Mueller

b. A bill to provide a framework for Parliament Hill employees to prevent and report about sexual harassment and sexual violence

c. NAFTA renegotiations

d. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh's engagement

3. Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was in Washington this week, where he said "nobody in his right mind" would want to terminate NAFTA. Which Congressional committee did he appear in front of?

a. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade

b. Senate Agriculture Committee

c. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee

d. House Appropriations Committee

4. U.S. President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address in Washington, D.C. this week. Who was Trump's designated survivor?

a. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer

b. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue

c. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos

d. U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross

5. Trump's State of the Union speech touched on a number of hot button issues. What file was not mentioned by the President in his speech?

a. The NAFTA renegotiation

b. Immigration

c. North Korea

d. Taxes

6. Who did not deliver a State of the Union response for the Democrats?

a. Joe Kennedy, III

b. Bernie Sanders

c. Nancy Pelosi

d. Elizabeth Guzman

7. Liberal MP Jean Yip enjoyed her first day as a member of parliament this week. Why is it notable that she won a Toronto area seat in a December by-election?

a. She was a well-known actress before running for politics

b. She defeated a well-know Conservative politician to win the riding

c. She replaced her husband as MP in the riding a few months after he died from cancer

d. She is an Afghanistan War vet

8. The Senate passed a bill Wednesday evening that will change one line of O Canada. In what year did the song, written in 1908, officially became Canada’s national anthem?

a. 1908

b. 1939

c. 1967

d. 1980

9. The lyric change approved by the senate is designed to make it gender neutral. What lyric is replacing “in all thy sons command”?

a. together we all stand

b. all genders hand in hand

c. in all of us command

d. in all people command

10. Which Canadian senator retired 10 months ahead of schedule this week?

a. Nancy Greene Raine

b. Anne Cools

c. Colin Kenny

d. Art Eggleton

11. Late Wednesday, the executive of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives announced that the party would unveil its new leader – who will replace Patrick Brown – on what date?

a. March 3

b. March 4

c. March 10

d. March 11

12. A spat between the NDP governments in B.C. and Alberta over the pending Trans Mountain pipeline expansion escalated this week. Does the federal NDP support or oppose that project?

a. Oppose

b. Support

13. Earlier this week, the federal NDP shuffled its shadow cabinet yet again and announced a new, noteworthy position. Which MP is the new liaison for British Columbia?

a. Rachel Blaney

b. Nathan Cullen

c. Peter Julian

d. Jenny Kwan

14. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has resumed his town hall tour. Which city was not on his tour list this week?

a. Edmonton

b. Winnipeg

c. Nanaimo

d. Calgary

15. Which of the following is a strain of marijuana named after the prime minister?

a. Justin Tru-dope

b. Puff the Magic Liberal

c. Mary-Justin

d. The Justin Joint

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